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What canonical works give you mental resilience and spiritual strength?

>> No.16723641

Any canonical work, for merely being in the presence of beauty or greatness will give you strength to face the next day.

>> No.16723645

the noble qur'ān

>> No.16723647

>>16723632
Did he died?

>> No.16723660

>>16723632
PRÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖHHHHH :((((

>> No.16723675

>>16723632
Start with the Greeks. And stay with the Greeks.

But notice that you shouldn't only read them, but practice their philosophy.
I think something like "The Discourses of Epictetus" is a nice book, but I would recommend you to read "The Inner Citadel" before reading it.

After that, you can read more Greeks. Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, even Epicurus all write interesting things.

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>>16723675
>Epitectus
>Greek

>> No.16723688

The Gita

>> No.16724124

>>16723675
Thoughts?
>Discourses of Epictetus => Cicero's Ethics treatises => Seneca's of a Happy Life => Plato's Collection => The Inner Citadel by Pierre Hadot => Meditations

>If you don't have time
>Discourses of Epictetus => Seneca's of a Happy Life => Plato's Gorgias and Republic => The Inner Citadel by Pierre Hadot => Meditations

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>>16724124
I like The Inner Citadel first, but your list is good too. I think Cicero is underrated.
And in the end, I would put The Enneads too.

>> No.16724181

>>16724124
I like The Inner Citadel first, but I liked your list too. Maybe The Inner Citadel could be used to help polish people after reading the others.

I liked Cicero in the list too. Maybe in the quick read list, have the Tusculan Disputations or one of his other books...

>> No.16725244

>>16723647
"This crocodile then suddenly grabbed the baby elephant and made an attempted kill - it was hoping for a nice lunch. The herd went crazy, trampling and trumpeting, and scared off the crocodile. I've heard this is very rare. Crocodiles don't normally try to catch elephants."

>> No.16725795

>>16723632

>> No.16726283

>>16723632

>> No.16726767
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>>16725244
Yeah right

>> No.16727046

>>16723632

>> No.16727316

I don't know if it's canonical but I recommend Man searching for meaning, Victor E frankel

>> No.16728392

>>16723632

>> No.16728615

>>16723632

>> No.16728802

>>16723632
Montaigne's Essays
Marcus Aurelius -- Meditations
Augustine -- Confessions
William Cowper's poems

>> No.16728827

David Goggins, Marcus Aurelius, Bernard Cornwell books (sharpe especially) and just historical accounts of great men. Most authors never accomplished anything of note, so history books are a better place to look to than general literature

>> No.16728864

>>16723686
???

>> No.16730150

>>16723632

>> No.16730516

Don Quixote

>> No.16731501

>>16723632

>> No.16731617

The count of montecristo.

>> No.16731885

>>16723632

>> No.16731955

>>16726767
cringe elephant psy-op, why do you people allways try to discredit our kind?

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>>16731955

>> No.16732529

>>16723632

>> No.16732549

>>16731987
Croc boutta get pulped

>> No.16732604

>>16726767
holy shit she lift and kick the croc that easy! bet the croc would try again 10/10